xlvi 
Unconscious, the, Dr. M. Prince, 227 
Understanding, the Principles of, H. Sturt, 339 
Undulations of Images, G. Bigourdan, 195 
Union Observatory, Johannesburg, Circulars of the, 301 
United States: Bureau of Standards, Report of for 1913-14, 
277; Geological Survey, Recent Work of the, 127; 
Mineral Resources of, 99; National Museum, 137; 
Natural History Building, 9; National Zoological Park, 
138; the Chemist and the Industrial Development of 
the, Dr. B. C. Hesse, 461 
Universe, the Structure of the, H. Spencer Jones, 548 
Universities : and Colleges (Emergency Powers) Bill, 24; 
and their Attitude towards Students joining the Army, 
665; the, and Investigation, Prof. R. S. Lillie, 407 
University : Appointments in War-time, Prof. P. F. Frank- 
land, 428; Students in Army, 81; College, London, 
Public Lectures at, 248; Report of, 138; College of 
North Wales, Aeroplane and other Researches at the, 
664; College of South Wales, Opening of the New 
Metallurgical Buildings of the, 636 
Ultra-Violet Excitation of the D Line of Sodium, Prof. the 
Hon. R. J. Strutt, 285, 370 
Unsymmetrical Lines in Tube-arc and Spark Spectra, A. S. 
King, 553 
Upper : Assam, the History of, Upper Burmah, and North- 
Eastern Frontier, Lt.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, 673 ; 
Cretaceous and Eocene Floras of South Carolina and 
Georgia, E. W. Berry, 355 
Uranus, the Satellites of, Prof. R. G. Aitken, 274; Seth B. 
Nicholson, 274 
Utah, Copper and other Ores in, B. S. Butler, 128 
Utilisation of the Services of Scientific Men, Lord Bryce 
and Earl Curzon op the, 514; Sir P. Magnus on, 520 
Vacuum Tar, the Saturated Hydro-carbons of, A. Pictet 
and M. Bouvier, 336 
Vale of White Horse, Hobbies in the, Rev. 
624 
Valuation of the Sea, Dr. C. G. J. Petersen, 625 
Variable Stars, TV, TW, and TX Cassiopeiz, the, R. J. 
McDiarmid, 445 
Variation : of Latitude, Influence of Organic Waters on the 
Law of, Sir J. Larmor, 250; Origin of a Mathematical 
Symbol for, Prof. F. Cajori, 562 
Venice, K. Stieler, 545 
Ventilating, Heating and, Systems, 
Ventilation and Health, 357 
Venus: and Sirius, Comparative Brightness of, H. Rey and 
C. Sola, 519: S. Raurich, 519; the Phases of the 
Planet, Early Recognition of, J. Offord, 361 
Vesuvius, Altitude of, C. Cappello, 155; Rainfall of, A. 
Malladra, 155 
Vertebrate Palzontology, Recent Work on, 276 
Vicious Circles of Neurasthenia, the, and fee Treatment, 
Dr. J. B. Hurry, 424 
Vienna Academy of Sciences, 
President of the, 568 
Visibility, C. C. Paterson, 397 
Vitriol, Oil of, as an Agent of “Culture,” 69 
Viverrine, External Characters of the, R. I. Pocock, 111 
Volcanism, the Problem of, Dr. J. P. Iddings, 337 
Volunteers for Scientific Work, E. Heron-Allen, 428 
Vortex Motion, Prof. G. E. Hale and G. P. Luckey, 713 
Vulcanology, a Society of, 155; the Science of, 337 
J. G. Cornish, 
D. D. Kimball, 574 
Dr. V. von Lang elected 
Wales, University College of, Foundation of a Scholarship 
by S. G. Rudler, 528 
War: and British Economic Policy, 119; Exhibition, a, on 
behalf of the Belgian Red Cross Anglo-Belgian Com- 
mittee, 378; Home Forestry and the, 176; Library in 
Lyons, Formation of a, 609: Map of Italy and the 
Balkan States, 588; Maps, Stanford’s, 183; Medical 
History of the, 237: Meteorology and the, 12; Modern 
Munitions of, Prof. V. B. Lewes, 488, 605 ; Orders and 
American Industry, 568; Professional Chemists and the, 
Prof. R. Meldola, 18; the, and British Chemical In- 
Index 
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| dustry, 119; the, and Chemical Industry, 592; the, and 
English Chemical Industry, J. B. C. Kershaw, 710; the 
Surgery of the 566; Wounds, and Disease, Sir W. 
Osler, 624 ~ 
Warren Prize for 1916, 212 
Washington, National University in, 109 
Wasp, a Mistaken, W. A. Gunn, 345 
Wasps, New Fossorial, R. E. Turner, 55 
Waste Material from the Sawmills, C. T. Gimmingham, 
461, 626 
Watch, Causes of Changes in the rate of a, J. J. Shaw, 519 
Watches and Timepieces, Testing, 16 
Watercourses, Material brought down by, A. 
E. Lainé, 223 
Water Relationship between Soil and Plant, 
Livingstone, 330 
Water: Reptiles of the Past and Present, Prof. S. W. Wil- 
liston, 3; Sewage, and Food, D. B. Byles, 85; Sewage, 
Foods, and cies Substances, the Chemical Examination 
of, J. E. Purvis and T. R. Hodgson, 85 ; Supplies : their 
Purification, Filtration, and Sterilisation, Dr. S. Rideal 
and Dr. E. K. Rideal, 85; the Sterilisation of, Prof. 
R. T. Hewlett, 677 
Waterproof Qualities of Cloths and Military Fabrics, the 
Measurement of the, G. A. Le Roy, 501 
Jaterspouts, Two, off Dymchurch, ‘Rev. H. 
iw 
Mintz and 
Harries, 
710 
Waverlengths, Interferential Measurements of, K. Burns, 
WwW ave produced by the Sudden Depression of a Small Por- 
tion of the Bottom of a Sea, K. Sano and K. 
Hasegawa, 546 
Waves, Deep Water, Lord Rayleigh, 
Ww Congruences, the, C. Guichard, 473 
Weather : Charts, Cessation of Bablication of, 236; for the 
Spring Season, 401 
Weber-Parkes Prize awarded to Dr. N. 
Weeds, a Manual of, A. E. Georgia, 6> 
the, Bisa dingé in Orissa, 
249 
D. Bardswell, 649 
W eighing Beam, Dr> B: Te 
Chaudhuri, 529 
Welsh National School of Medicine, Laying of the Founda- 
tion Stone of the, 692 
West: African Trade in Palm Kernels, etc., Committee 
appointed to consider the, 649 ; Indies, Practical Agricul- 
ture in the, .305 
Western: Australia, University of, Laying out Grounds of, 
721; War Area, a Map of the, edited by Prof. A: J: 
Herbertson, 479 
Whale-shark, Natural History of the, Prof. E. W. Gudger, 
29a 
Whisky, Chemical Standards for, 268 
Whee Chesnut-breasted, Re-discovery 
- A. White, 435 
Wi ee Mining and Technical College, 
~ pointed Principal of, 471 
of the, Capt. 
S. C. Laws ap- 
Wild Life : Conservation in Theory and Practice, Dr. W. T. 
Hornaday, 281; in America, the Preservation of, 
281 
Williamsonian .Tribe, the, G. R. Wieland, 354 
Windsor and Chertsey, ‘the Country around, Dewey and 
Bromehead, 517 
Wing-venation in Zygopterous Dragon-flies, R. J. 
722 
Winnecke’s 
W inte 
Tillyard, 
Comet, Dr. Thiele, 217 
of 1914-15, 125; the Past, 44; the Wet, of 1914-15, 
H. R. Mill and H. E. Carter, 389 
Ww ek Signals, Strength of, Prof. E. Ww. Marchems 7a; 
Time-signals, F. Hope-Jones, 515 
Wisconsin, Limestone Road Materials of, WV. O. Hoteniigs 
and E. Steidtmann, 614 
Wood-charcoal and its Uses, W. D. A. Bost, 177 
Wood, the Mechanical Properties of, Prof. S. J. Record, 2 
Woodlark, Life-history of the, W. Farren, 516 
Woolly Rhinoceros, a Front Horn of the, obtained for the 
British Museum (Natural History), 381 
Wool Colour-blindness to be dispensed wen 
Test for 
432 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fiftieth Anniversary 
388, 526 
Works Organisation, 381 
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